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Welcome to 1100 Pennsylvania, a newsletter devoted to President Donald Trump’s Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (and his other companies). President Trump, of course, still owns his businesses and can profit from them.

If you like what you see, tell someone—and support this work by becoming a paying member ($5/month or $50/year). If you’ve been forwarded this newsletter, subscribe for yourself at zacheverson.substack.com.Questions? Read our FAQ/manifesto.Tips or feedback? Contact me, Zach Everson, securely via email at 1100Pennsylvania@protonmail.com or on Signal at 202.804.2744.

Live from the president’s hotel’s lobby, it’s the Eric Bolling State of the Union after-show

Tonight likely also marks the third time in the past month that the hotel will kill its house music in favor of playing audio of a national TV address from its owner (it reportedly aired both of his speecheson immigration).

Last year during the State of the Union, former Trump campaign executives Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie signed copies of their book at a table near the lobby’s reception desk.

The hotel’s managing director, Mickael Damelincourt, and director of marketing, Patricia Tang, did not reply to an email asking to confirm the hotel was hosting Blaze’s live show.

Also, your correspondent was unable to find any other D.C. luxury hotels hosting a post-SOTU broadcast from their lobby.

The conference, organised by the top U.S.-Turkish business group, the American-Turkish Council (ATC), and its Turkish counterpart, will be held between April 14 and April 16 after a year of delays.

The ATC announced its second delayin six months last October, days before the event was scheduled to take place. Participants were informed of the delay by email shortly after Ankara’s release of Andrew Brunson, an American pastor whose two-year detention on terror charges had seriously strained relations between the countries.

Prosecutors seek info on Trump inauguration events, many of which took place at hotel

Prosecutors in New York’s Southern District have subpoenaed documents from President Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, sources with direct knowledge told ABC News, indicating that even as the special counsel probe appears to be nearing an end, another investigation that could hamstring the president and his lawyers is widening.

The subpoena from the Southern District, which came from its public corruption section, is the latest activity focusing on Trump’s political fundraising both before and immediately after the 2016 election…

Prosecutors also are seeking information on attendees to the events surrounding the inauguration, including benefits to top-level donors such as photo opportunities with Trump, sources said.

Leading congressional Republicans demanded Monday that an internal government watchdog who had issued a critical report related to President Trump’s luxury hotel in the District produce reams of documents to support her conclusions.

The letter, to the General Services Administration’s inspector general, was a clear signal that Trump’s allies in Congress plan to aggressively defend his business dealings as his company comes under increasing scrutiny by House Democrats and others.

The letter was penned by Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio), the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee.

Also signed by Rep. Sam Graves (R–MO) and Rep. Mark Meadows (R–NC), the lawmakers’ letter comes less than a week after Department of Justice attorneys representing President Trump in an emoluments suit brought by 196 Democratic Senators and Congressman sought to discredit the IG’s report.

Given the rarity with which emoluments cases have been argued in the U.S. courts prior to Donald Trump’s inauguration, however, it seems unlikely that any U.S. attorney has practical experience with that clause.

All four of the letter’s signers, by the way, have either headlined events or spent campaign funds at the Trump Hotel D.C.:

Watchdog sues GSA and Park Service for info related to Old Post Office tower’s reopening

This morning, government watchdog American Oversight sued the General Services Administration and the National Park Service to comply with its FOIA request for information regarding the re-opening of the Old Post Office tower during the government shutdown. Tours at the tower, which co-locates with the hotel, are funded by GSA and staffed by the Park Service via an interagency agreement.

Several days later, it realized that it did not need to do so because “balances within the Federal Buildings Fund remain available to operate federal facilities, as needed, until they are expended, notwithstanding a lapse in appropriations.”

Except—GSA’s statement also said, “In this process, it was discovered that the interagency agreement required by the 1983 law had expired earlier in the year. GSA and NPS subsequently renewed the interagency agreement, and NPS resumed operation of the tower as required by law.”

So clearly a decision was made during the shutdown to renew the agreement that kept the tower tours operational.

Noteworthy sightings

“Leader in the Republican party in the U.S. and Pakistani-American Asad Chaudry addressed a Republican party event hosted by an organization, Virginia Women for Trump, at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C,” reported the 24-hour Pakistani English-language news channel PTV World in a 39-second segment. But—

Oversight and Reform—Chair Elijah Cummings’s (D–MD) staff “has already sent out 51 letters to government officials, the White House, and the Trump Organization asking for documents related to investigations that the committee may launch,” according to CBS News on Jan. 13.

Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management—Transportation committee chair Rep. Peter DeFazio (D–OR) and subcommittee chair Dina Titus (D–NV) sent a letter to GSA administrator Emily Murphy on Jan. 22 asking for all communication between the GSA and the members of the Trump family dating back to 2015, an explanation of how the hotel calculates its profits, profit statements since the hotel opened in 2016, any guidance from the White House regarding the lease, and whether or not Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are recused from participating in decisions regarding the property. DeFazio and Titus requested a reply by Feb. 8. When hearings begin, it is likely that Murphy will be the first person called to testify, according to a person familiar with the subcommittee’s plans.

Ways and Means subcommittee on Oversight—The subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Lewis (D–GA), is holding a hearing on “legislative proposals and tax law related to presidential and vice-presidential tax returns” on Feb. 7.

Individual capacity—On Dec. 14, Trump’s personal attorneys appealed the denial of their motion to dismiss the case, also to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. On Dec. 19, the AGs replied to Trump’s motion for a stay pending that appeal by voluntarily dismissing the claims against Trump in his “individual capacity to allow the claims against President Trump in his official capacity to move forward expeditiously.” (The AGs only brought suit against Trump in his individual capacity after the judge suggested they do so.) Trump’s personal attorneys, on Dec. 21, opposed the motion to dismiss at the district level, saying the appeals court now has jurisdiction and accusing the AGs of “gamesmanship.”

Employees’ class-action suit alleging racial discrimination—Two of the three plaintiffs did not appear at a status hearing on Jan. 25; their cases were moved to arbitration. Via email, their attorney, A.J. Dhali, said his clients did not appear at the hearing because their case already had been moved to arbitration last year. The next status hearing is scheduled for Oct. 4.

Health inspections, current status (latest change, Aug. 10, 2018)

❌Hotel: five violations on May 7, 2018; two were corrected on site

❌BLT Prime and Benjamin Bar: nine violations on Aug. 10, 2018

❌Sushi Nakazawa: two violations on Aug. 10, 2018

✔️Banquet kitchen: no violations on Aug. 10, 2018

❌Pastry kitchen: two violations on Aug. 10, 2018

✔️Gift shop: no violations on May 7, 2018

❌Employee kitchen and in-room dining: five violations on Aug. 10, 2018; two were corrected on site

One thing that has nothing to do with Trump’s businesses (I think, tough to tell sometimes!)

“After Meghan Daum’s marriage falls apart she meets some new friends on YouTube. Also, reporter Paris Martineau tells us about a new game changing online harassment tool: the thotbot.” Listen to the latest Theory of Everything podcast.

Thanks for reading. If you like what you see, tell someone—and support this work by becoming a paying member ($5/month or $50/year). If you’ve been forwarded this newsletter, subscribe for yourself at zacheverson.substack.com.Questions? Read our FAQ/manifesto.Tips or feedback? Contact me, Zach Everson, securely via email at 1100Pennsylvania@protonmail.com or on Signal at 202.804.2744.